No Till notes: 'fertilizer placement'

Spring has finally taken hold here in western Nebraska and moved old man winter into a distant memory. From early last October when we received our first snow until mid-April it seemed like a longer winter than most. The warmer temperatures also have brought with them the usual rush to get crops planted and the farming season is in full swing.

I had my first report of field peas up and growing on the 17th of April. These early peas emerging were surprising given the cold temperatures of the soil and air in early April. Many more of the field peas have emerged since in the southern Panhandle...